Anyway... As we arrived into Bellevue, our first destination was to go visit Molly and Murphy. They are two golden retrievers that I took for walks, trained and played with when I was in high school. They are two well trained friends that even Cesar Millan would be impressed with them. We visit with their owners and updated one another with our latest family news. I'm not sure if a dog can remember someone after 8 years but when I first arrived to the house, Murphy just simply sat down on his hind legs with a look on his face almost trying to tell me something.
On Saturday we attended the Christmas service at Volunteer Park Church and I was able to play with the praise band; which was fun to play music with a new group. After a good meal for lunch we headed to Pikes Place market for a short stroll before catching a ferry to visit Ron and Rachel at Bremerton. We talked, laughed and got to play with the new family member, Reed. He's a great little kid who began to cry every time we looked at each other but eventually grew accustom to my face.
Sunday was full of driving and running around. We met Ronnie with his lady friend and together drove to Redmond to pick up a spare tire for my Jeep that I found on craigslist. We later went to Bellevue where we visited Trophy cupcakes and then ate some veggie burgers at Kidd Valley in Kirkland. It was around noon by the time we were done eating which meant we had to get back on the road and start heading back east. We wanted to drive through Leavenworth, so we had to plan on the extra hours to make it home in a decent time. The scenery on Highway 2 is quite pretty especially on the western part of the Stevens Pass. We were fortunate not to encounter much snow on the roads and made it to Leavenworth right before sunset. We were pretty cold at Leavenworth and decided to visit Starbucks for some coffee. As it turns out, it took us 40 minutes to get our drinks due to the multitude of people loyal to that caffeinated liquid. By the time we got our drinks we were pretty worn down and decided simply take a picture and continue our journey home.
I had just purchased a new set of KC lights and was excited to try them out. Unfortunately, the fog was thick after leaving Wenatchee and they didn't due me any good... oh well, there's always another trip. However, I was impressed with my 'newly acquired' Dynomax muffler and catalytic converter as I was able to notice the extra power going up the mountain.
This year Janelle didn't join us... We missed you.
That looks so awesome! Why didn't I go? WHY?!?!
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